Applying Hatch Act to President and Vice President while on Federal property
Division B — Restoring Checks and Balances, Accountability, and Transparency › Title XXVI — Strengthening Hatch Act Enforcement and Penalties › Subtitle A — Strengthening Hatch Act Enforcement and Penalties
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(a) In general Subchapter III of chapter 73 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended— (1) by redesignating sections 7326 and 7327 as sections 7327 and 7328, respectively; and (2) by inserting after section 7325 the following: 7326. Limitations on political activity of President and Vice President while on White House grounds Notwithstanding section 7322(1), the prohibitions on political activity under sections 7323(a) and 7324 shall apply to the President and Vice President while the President and Vice President are on or in any part of the White House, or any part of the White House grounds, that is regularly used in the discharge of official duties.. (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections of subchapter III of chapter 73 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by striking the items relating to sections 7326 and 7327 and inserting the following: 7326. Limitations on political activity of President and Vice President while on Federal property 7327. Penalties 7327. Criminal penalty for Hatch Act violations..